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Workers to Control Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
First Round to BK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Police to Train in Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
15 Dual Citizenship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Television Debate on Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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20 WORKERS TO CONTROL COMPANIES
The Serbian Minister for Ownership Transformation, Milan Beko, on
Monday said that the working draft of the new law on ownership
transformation offered privatisation ``from the bottom up.''
Through it, workers would take the fate of their companies into
25 their own hands.
Speaking at a media conference, Mr Beko said that the bill would
the subject of a month-long public discussion, following which it
would be widely distributed for consultation, promising that ``all
constructive suggestions'' would be incorporated into the final
30 draft of the bill, which would probably be tabled in Parliament
during May.
The second and third rounds of the bill will open sale of
companies to all buyers, including foreigners. Mr Beko said that
employees should take advantage of the advantages given to them in
35 the first round, as they would have no chance against outside
bidders in the second and third rounds.
FIRST ROUND TO BK
BK Television's news editor, Srdjan Djuric on Monday said that
BK's regional transmission had been reactivated. ``PTT has
40 respected the Arbitration Court decision and switched our
transmitters back on. This was just the first half of the match,
and we have won. But this is not the end of the problems BK will
face in the forthcoming period,'' said Mr Djuric.
POLICE TO TRAIN IN DENMARK
45 UN spokesman Aleksandar Ivanko on Monday told media that
international police forces and Bosnian Serbs had reached an
agreement for ten high-ranking police officers from Republika
Srpska to be sent for advanced training in Denmark. He added that
these officers would then be deployed in the disputed city of
50 Brcko.
DUAL CITIZENSHIP
The Croatian Government on Monday announced that it will discuss a
draft agreement on dual citizenship prepared by the Yugoslav
Government. The agreement is intended to come into effect once
55 Croatia has assumed power in the Eastern Slavonia region.
Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic told media on Monday that
the agreement was in the interest of Croats in Yugoslavia, and not
just Serbs in Eastern Slavonia.
TELEVISION DEBATE ON MEDIA
60 BK Television on Monday night brought together representatives
from both sides of the political fence for a round table
discussion on the draft media law. The participants included
leaders of most major opposition parties as well as Yugoslav Left
President Ljubisa Ristic and Socialist Party Executive Board
65 Member Dusan Matkovic.
Fencing attacks on the government's media policy, the two left
coalition members heatedly insisted that opposition
representatives should attend the government's parliamentary panel
on the new information law, which has so far been boycotted by the
70 Zajedno coalition.
Prepared by: Goran Dimitrijevic
Edited by: Steve Agnew
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